The Indiana Community Garden celebrates its 10th anniversary today with a festival to be held throughout the day.
The garden in Mack Park will celebrate the occasion with a party starting at 1:00 PM. What started out as a small garden with community plots has grown into an area with several trees, a patio, a pollinator meadow and other areas that has served the community over the last 10 years. Marie Olson with the Community Garden said it started with her trying to find a way to volunteer after completing a master gardening class.
Today’s events will featured Tours every hour from 1-5 PM, painting classes for kids, and opportunities for artists to sketch, paint or photograph the garden up close. Celebratory remarks will be made at 6:00 PM, and that will be followed by music from a special jam band made up of Rob James of The Clarks, Chuck Olson and Dave Antolik of “The Six”, Josh Williams, Jason Gamble and Nashwan Abdullah from 6:30 to 8:15. There will also be refreshments and box meals available from Portia’s and beer from Noble Stein available for purchase.
The event is free, but any donations made will go back to the Community Garden. Today’s event will also go on rain or shine.
